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About the only time finishing last in the Western Lacrosse Association is a good thing is when the subsequent junior player draft arrives. That's the case with the new-look Coquitlam Adanacs, who finished in the basement of the seven-team Sr.

The annual Terry Fox Legal Beagle Invitational is considered year in, year out by many hardwood hounds to be one of the most prestigious tournaments in the senior boys high school basketball season.

Reportedly up for sale since the beginning of last season, the Coquitlam Jr.

It's still two months to the B.C. Hockey League playoffs but you would never know it based on Sunday's defensively driven game featuring the Coquitlam Express and Powell River Kings.

For sale: The best Junior 'A' lacrosse team in Canada. Fresh off their victory the previous summer as hosts of the Minto Cup national tournament, co-owners Ken Wood and Rocky Zimmerman were offering their Coquitlam Jr.

He played the day his dad died. He played the day after he had 52 stitches sewn into his wrist following extensive surgery.

Alex Petan and Zach Hodder pumped in a pair of goals apiece as the the Coquitlam Express tripped the Nanaimo Clippers 5-2 in a B.C. Hockey League game Wednesday at Poirier Sports Complex.

Port Moody's Kelsey Binns canned 16 points to help the Simon Fraser Clan to an 83-61 triumph over the Manitoba Bisons in a Canada West university women's basketball game Wednesday in Burnaby.

By Kevin Glew Special to The Tri-City News Heplayed with Rollie Fingers before the moustache and Reggie Jackson before the swagger.